Vehicular image processing apparatus and vehicular image processing method
First Claim
1. A vehicular image processing apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of image pickup sections mounted in a vehicle to pickup images of surroundings of the vehicle with the pickup images being outputted;
an image converting section converting the pickup images picked up by the image pickup sections such that angles of reflection inside the image pickup sections are less than angles of incidence outside the image pickup sections;
a viewpoint converting section permitting images-converted-from-images, converted by the image converting section, to be converted in terms of viewpoint;
an image synthesizing section synthesizing a plurality of images-converted-in-viewpoint that are converted in terms of the viewpoint by the viewpoint converting section; and
a display section displaying the synthesized image, a figure indicative of is the vehicle and a figure indicative of a direction in which the vehicle travels.
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method of processing vehicular image are disclosed having a shift position acquisition unit 102, a plurality of cameras mounted on a vehicle to pickup surroundings of the vehicle, a plane view image preparing Unit 101 that converts pickup images pick up with the cameras, such that angles of reflection to interiors of the cameras are less than angles of incidence from outsides of the cameras, to prepare plane view images, an image processing unit 104 synthesizing the plurality of images into a single image, an image display unit 105 displaying a synthesized image, a figure indicative of the vehicle and a figure indicative of a direction in which the vehicle travels, and a display mode setting unit 103 operative to set a display mode of the image display unit 105.
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13 Claims
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1. A vehicular image processing apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of image pickup sections mounted in a vehicle to pickup images of surroundings of the vehicle with the pickup images being outputted;
an image converting section converting the pickup images picked up by the image pickup sections such that angles of reflection inside the image pickup sections are less than angles of incidence outside the image pickup sections;
a viewpoint converting section permitting images-converted-from-images, converted by the image converting section, to be converted in terms of viewpoint;
an image synthesizing section synthesizing a plurality of images-converted-in-viewpoint that are converted in terms of the viewpoint by the viewpoint converting section; and
a display section displaying the synthesized image, a figure indicative of is the vehicle and a figure indicative of a direction in which the vehicle travels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of processing a vehicular image, comprising:
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picking up images of surroundings of a vehicle by a plurality of image pickup sections mounted in the vehicle;
converting the pickup images such that angles of reflection inside the image pickup sections are less than angles of reflection outside the image pickup sections, respectively;
converting the converted images in terms of viewpoints, respectively;
synthesizing a plurality of images-converted-in-viewpoint that are converted in terms of the viewpoints; and
displaying a synthesized image, a figure indicative of the vehicle, and a figure indicative of a direction in which the vehicle travels.
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13. A vehicular image processing apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of image pickup means mounted in a vehicle for outputting pickup images of surroundings of the vehicle;
image converting means for converting the pickup images, picked up by the image pickup means, such that angles of reflection inside the image pickup sections are less than angles of reflection outside the image pickup sections, respectively;
viewpoint converting means for converting images-converted-in-image, that are converted by the image converting means in terms of viewpoints;
image synthesizing means for synthesizing a plurality of images-converted-in-viewpoint that are converted by the viewpoint converting means in terms of the viewpoints; and
display means for displaying a synthesized image, a figure indicative of the vehicle, and a figure indicative of a direction in which the vehicle travels.
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